CVE-1999-0382

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.

The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Microsoft Windows

First reported 25 years ago

1999-03-12 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP1

3.5.1

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP2

3.5.1

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP3

3.5.1

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP4

3.5.1

Microsoft Windows NT 3.5.1 SP5

3.5.1

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp1

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp2

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp3

4.0

Microsoft Windows 4.0 sp4

4.0

References

MS99-008

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